Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Ministers: Official CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115456More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 90730 on Ministers: Official Cars, whether the figures provided include Government Car Service transport for civil servants.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer on 5th November 2025 (PQ 86664).
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Official CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115455More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 100884, if he will publish the information provided in the five requests granted in full.
Answer: The Hon. Member will be aware that, as also under successive administrations, the Cabinet Office does not routinely publish responses to FOI requests.
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115454More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the National Cyber Security Centre has made of the potential impact of kill switches in Chinese-made (a) cars and (b) buses on cyber security.
Answer: Modern vehicles – including cars and buses – are increasingly using software to support safer driving, to improve diagnostics and to provide a host of other services such as navigation and entertainment. The Government takes national security extremely se...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Government AssistanceDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 99932 on Railways: Government Assistance, what the estimated level of support is for the contracted operators and Network Rail in each year from 2023-24.
Answer: The Department’s support for the 14 contracted operators and Network Rail was £9.60 per passenger journey in 2023/24. As explained in the response to Question 96260, this support reduced to £8.47 per passenger journey in 2024/25, and it is estimated that...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParking: CarsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety Strategy, published January 2026, whether the updated Manual for Streets will encourage an increase in the amount of road and parking space for cars.
Answer: Decisions on how to allocate road space between different modes remain for local authorities, designers and practitioners.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: EnforcementDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which councils applied to the July 2025 tranche of applications for moving traffic offence enforcement fining powers.
Answer: In July 2025, the following local authorities applied to the Secretary of State for designated powers to carry out civil enforcement in respect of contraventions of moving traffic restrictions:Brighton and Hove City Council, the Borough Council of Calderd...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: EnforcementDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her timetable is for the Government response to the consultation on restricting the generation of surplus funds from traffic contraventions.
Answer: In July 2025, the following local authorities applied to the Secretary of State for designated powers to carry out civil enforcement in respect of contraventions of moving traffic restrictions:Brighton and Hove City Council, the Borough Council of Calderd...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParking Offences: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to undertake a national review of penalty charge levels for municipal parking.
Answer: In July 2025, the following local authorities applied to the Secretary of State for designated powers to carry out civil enforcement in respect of contraventions of moving traffic restrictions:Brighton and Hove City Council, the Borough Council of Calderd...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: WalesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to railways in Wales in each year of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: The 2025 Spending Review determined the allocation of railway enhancement funding over the financial years 2026/27 to 2029/20.The currently assumed annualised allocations for the £350 million committed for Wales rail enhancements within that period are as...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses and Cars: ChinaDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of kill switches in Chinese-made (a) cars and (b) buses on cyber security.
Answer: Modern vehicles – including cars and buses - are increasingly using software to support safer driving, to improve diagnostics and to provide a host of other services such as navigation and entertainment. The Government takes national security extremely se...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpeed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety Strategy, published in January 2026, whether the updated Setting Local Speed Limits guidance will encourage lower speed limits.
Answer: Decisions on the most appropriate speed limits will continue to rest with local traffic authorities, working with the police who enforce them.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Aviation AuthorityDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the growth duty will apply to the Civil Aviation Commission.
Answer: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is covered by the current Growth Duty set out in Section 108 of the Deregulation Act 2015. This requires specified regulators to have regard to the desirability of promoting economic growth when delivering their regulato...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSafety Belts: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety Strategy, published in January 2026, whether proposed new penalties for not wearing a seat belt will apply to passengers in a Hackney Carriage black cab in London.
Answer: As part of the Road Safety Strategy, the Department for Transport has published a public consultation on proposed changes to penalties for motoring offences, including seat belt usage. The consultation seeks views on strengthening sanctions for non‑compli...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Local highway authority highways maintenance ratings and underlying metric scores, 2025, of 11 January 2026, when she plans to update the road condition d
Answer: The Department will update the local road maintenance ratings on an annual basis. Each update will use the most recent road condition data available at the time of publication. The current ratings already incorporate road condition statistics for the fina...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the alignment of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme with the EU scheme on the costs of the operation of passenger ferries in Great Britain.
Answer: Linking the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and EU Emissions Trading Scheme is about making life easier for operators. It should minimise the administrative burden for operators and unlock greater access to a larger market, supporting economic growth and deca...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115066More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 90730 on Ministers: Official Cars, if he will provide equivalent information for July 2024 to March 2025.
Answer: Invoicing data for the period in question is included below. The figures provided represent total charges to departments, inclusive of all associated costs such as Transport for London (TfL) congestion charge, as well as travel and subsistence claims subm...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDisabled Persons Transport Advisory CommitteeDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the regulated public appointment, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) - Chair, with application deadline of 22 September 2025, who the Advisory Assessment Independent Panel M
Answer: The Assessment Independent Panel Member was Jacob Meagher.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOfficial Cars: Greenhouse Gas EmissionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115064More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85497 on Official Cars, what information his Department holds on the greenhouse gas emissions for the Government Car Service in 2024-25.
Answer: A consolidated record of total greenhouse gas emissions of the Government Car Service (GCS) fleet is not held centrally. These reporting arrangements are longstanding and have not changed since the previous administration.
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 101487 on Motor Vehicles: Hire Services, if she will provide a hyperlink.
Answer: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-fleet-commitment/government-fleet-commitment.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 1 LineDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in business rates on planned private sector investment in Channel Tunnel rail services.
Answer: Business rates and the ongoing 2026 valuation process is a matter for the operationally independent Valuation Office Agency. The Government is committed to supporting a thriving and competitive international rail market, signing landmark deals with partne...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon North Eastern Railway: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89630 on London North East Railway: Fares, whether she plans to roll out the LNER demand-based pricing model to the wider nationalised railway network.
Answer: The Department will set out further plans for fares reform, including any future approach to demand based pricing, in due course.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's document, the Methodology used to calculate ratings for local road maintenance, published on 11 January 2025, why was metric 9 on decarbonisation of road maintenance deemed re
Answer: Metric 9 considers both whether a local highway authority has plans to decarbonise its maintenance operations and whether it has plans to increase climate resilience. In relation to decarbonisation, lower carbon approaches to road maintenance, such as a g...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParking: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 54870 on Parking: Fines, whether her Department holds a list of the 43 local authorities.
Answer: The Effectiveness of current civil parking penalty charge levels report, which has been deposited in the Library of the House, contains the full list of the 43 local authorities.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRestoring Your Railway FundDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 90402 on Restoring Your Railway Fund, if she will place a copy of the equality impact assessment on the closure in the Library.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question 94298, answered on 8 December 2025.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving under Influence: DrugsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 92911 on Driving under the Influence: Drugs, whether the figures for 2024-25 are the budgeted figures after the July 2024 reductions in communications spen
Answer: The figures previously given for the total budgeted spend on publicity for drug driving in 2024-25 reflect the July 2024 reductions in communications spending across government departments.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
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